36 photographers and counting . . . followed by an evolving list of “Various Photography Events, 1960-1975”
Ansel ADAMS
1902-1984
Master landscape photographer;
National Parks, esp. Yosemite.
Developed “Zone System” of exposure.
Excellent non-landscape below.
Click on images to enlarge.
Arches, North Court – Mission San Xavier del bac, Tucson, 1968
https://duckduckgo.com/?q=ansel+adams+photographs+1960s&t=osx&iax=images&ia=images
Eve ARNOLD
1912-2012
Photojournalist, photos of great range of types of people.
Official photographer for 40 movies, incl. w/Marilyn Monroe below.
Monroe worried about her lines in an upcoming scene with Clarke Gable on the set of The Misfits in 1960 filmed in Nevada
https://www.artsy.net/artist/eve-arnold/works-for-sale?page=4
Richard AVEDON
1923-2004
Fashion, Harper’s and Vogue; known for portraits against white background.
Verushka, dress by Kimberly, NY, 1967
http://www.artnet.com/artists/richard-avedon/
David BAILEY
b. 1928
English fashion and portrait photographer; drops out of high school
Mick Jagger, Andy Warhol, Twiggy images
Married to Jean Shrimpton & Catherine Deneuve; awarded CBE
Michael Caine, 1965
http://www.artnet.com/artists/david-bailey/
Cecil BEATON
1908-2004
British war, fashion, and portrait photographer, Vanity Fair & Vogue
Audrey Hepburn as Eliza Doolittle, 1964
http://www.artnet.com/artists/cecil-beaton/8
Harry BENSON
b. 1929
Scottish photographer, best known for covering Beatles 1964 US tour;
Material in LIFE, Vanity Fair, and the New Yorker; 100 People magazine covers.
Sir Winston Churchill visits his alma mater, Harrow, 1961
Ruth BERNHARD
1905-2006
Living to 101, worked in small forms in studio, almost exclusively in black and white.
Best known for her female nudes of which Ansel Adams considered her unsurpassed.
Perspective II, 1967
https://artmuseum.princeton.edu/search/collections?mainSearch=%22ruth%22
Larry BURROWS
1926-1971
War photographer, LIFE magazine, Vietnam
https://www.icp.org/browse/archive/constituents/larry-burrows?all/all/all/all/0
Harry CALLAHAN
1912-1999
From Detroit, wide range of subjects, though his wife Eleanor used often as subject.
Inspired by Ansel Adams, established photography program at the Rhode Island School of design in 1961.
New York, 1974
https://www.artsy.net/artist/harry-callahan/works-for-sale?page=8
Cornell CAPA
1918-2008
Born in Hungary, younger brother of photojournalist Robert Capa.
Considered eclectic in style and subjects, from the Six Day War to back-ally street scenes.
Originally aspired to medicine; member of Magnum.
Helps establish the International Center of Photography in NY, 1974.
Senator John F. Kennedy campaigning in NYC, 1960
https://www.icp.org/browse/archive/constituents/cornell-capa?all/all/all/all/1
Henry CARTIER BRESSON
1908-2004
Highly influential French photojournalist/portrait photographer.
Co-founded the Magnum agency.
Associated with the term “the decisive moment.”
Siphonos, Greece, 1961
https://www.peterfetterman.com/artists/75-henri-cartier-bresson/works/
Bill CUNNINGHAM
1929-2016
Harvard dropout; a popular street photographer.
Designer of women’s hats; contract photographer for Women’s Wear Daily.
N.T., n.d.
https://www.exibartstreet.com/news/bill-cunningham-from-the-runway-to-the-street/
Bruce DAVIDSON
b. 1933
Urban photographer, esp. New York; gangs
100 East 100th St, New York City, 1966
Harold EDGARTON
1903-1990
Scientist, inventor of the electronic flash;
Partnered with photographer/engineer Gjon Mili (1904-84) in the use of stroboscopic instruments
to create revolutionary high-speed flash photographs,
incl. this shot of a owl in flight.
Spooky, 1965
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20140722-the-man-who-froze-the-world
William EGGLESTON
b. 1939
Known for ‘snapshot’ style; elevated the everyday to the extraordinary.
Developed intense “Southern Gothic” style.
Saturated “dye-transfer” prints helped color photography become an accepted art-form.
From long road trip by Eggleston from 1965-1974 through the South and Southwest dubbed “Los Alamos” collecting iconic images
https://duckduckgo.com/?q=william+eggleston+photos&t=h_&iax=images&ia=images
Elliott ERWITT
b. 1928
Paris-born and member of the Magnum agency.
Best known for his witty/ironic street pictures,
shots of dogs, and people in museums, as in the 1975 Versailles photo below.
Versailles, 1975
https://www.elliotterwitt.com/galleries
F.C. GUNDLACH
1926-2021
Prolific German photographer best known in the fashion genre from 1950s-1970s.
Many covers for women’s magazine Brigitte; gallery owner, curator.
Favored a 28mm lens.
“Filmstar in Mode,” Sabine Singen, Berlin, 1961
https://fcgundlach.de/de/edition-fc-gundlach
Ernest HAAS
1921-1986
Born in Vienna, a self-trained photojournalist (LIFE) and early innovator in color photography.
One-time head of Magnum Photo; superb portraiture.
Author of The Creation (1971), one of the most successful photography books ever, excerpted below.
Horst P. HORST
1906-1999
Long associated with Vogue, Mr. Horst shot black and white fashion, portraits
and nudes with a classic sense of style.
Turns to stunning pigment color in the 1960s.
Gloria Vanderbilt Apt., New York, 1970
Frank HORVAT
1928-2020
Italian photographer who lived in France.
Of tremendous range – from portraiture to fashion, landscape to photojournalism.
Inspired by Cartier Bresson; collaborated with Robert Doisneau and Don McCullin.
Warsaw, Couple in a Cafe, 1963
https://www.jacksonfineart.com/artists/frank-horvat/
Yousef KARSH
1908-2002
Armenian-Canadian, renowned for his meticulous lighting,
who became the most famous portrait photographer of his age.
Hugh Heffner, 1970
https://karsh.org/overview/#thumbnails
Neil LEIFER
b. 1942
Acclaimed sports photographer.
Created 40 covers for Time magazine.
Dodgers Ace Sandy Koufax, 1965
Don MCCULLIN
b. 1935
British photojournalist who reported on the Vietnam War and other conflicts.
Later turned to landscapes – producing distinctive, atmospheric, doom-laden scenes.
“The Troubles,” Bogside, Derry, Northern Ireland, 1971
https://www.artsy.net/artist/don-mccullin/works-for-sale
Vivian MAIER
1926-2009
Born in NY to Austrian/French parents; split time between France & the States.
Prolific street photographer while making living as semi-reclusive nanny & housekeeper.
Little known during her lifetime; chose medium-format over 35mm for added detail and depth.
Chicago, August 1960
http://www.vivianmaier.com/gallery/street-5/#slide-2
Inge MORATH
1923-2002
Born in Austria, tremendously flexible and cosmopolitan photographer.
Member of Magnum, close friend of Ernest Haas.
Photographer of The Misfits where she met and later married Arthur Miller in 1962 (after Marilyn Monroe).
Photographer of homes of Mao, Pasternak, Chekhov; and the library of Pushkin; died NYC.
https://www.exibartstreet.com/news/inge-morath-life-photography/
Arnold NEWMAN
1918-2006
Known as the ‘father of environmental photography.’
Newman preferred to shoot in the subject’s home or workplace;
use their surroundings to give additional insight into their personality.
Leonard Bernstein, 1968
https://arnoldnewman.com/images.html
Irving PENN
1917-2009
American photographer, revered for his studio-based portrait,
still life, fashion work, and aboriginal studies.
Great attention to detail, spare, powerful and carefully composed.
Two Warriors Holding Hands, Papua New Guinea, 1970
https://www.artsy.net/artist/irving-penn/works-for-sale
Steve SCHAPIRO
1934-2022
Born In NYC, started as a free lancer for magazines such as Time, Life, and Sports Illustrated.
Seems to have been many places during the 1960s to capture key moments.
Hired by Paramount in 1969 and photographs key films such as Midnight Cowboy and The Godfather.
Andy Warhol, Nina, and the Velvet Underground, Los Angeles, 1965
Melvin SOLKOLSKY
b. 1933
Began career at Harper’s; then McCall’s and Esquire.
Known for Bubble Series; portrait photographer of celebrities; corporate accounts
Bubble – Seine, Paris 1963
Phil STERN
1919-2014
Wartime photographer as a soldier, on the staff of LOOK, LIFE, and Colliers.
Produced iconic images of Brando, Monroe, and Dean.
Rita Moreno During A Rehearsal For West Side Story, 1961
http://www.philsternarchives.com
Dennis STOCK
1928-2010
Awesome street scene photographer; and chronicler of James Dean.
Magnum photographer of such films as Rebel Without a Cause (1955), The Misfits (1960), and Planet of the Apes (1967).
Apprenticed with Gjon Mili, pioneer of stroboscopic instruments a la Edgarton, above.
San Diego Coast, 1968
https://www.artsy.net/artist/dennis-stock
Julian WASSER
b. 1938
Many quintessential ’60s images; cover photographer for e.g. LIFE, Time, Paris Match.
Works for major corporations; and prolific portrait photographer.
The Whiskey a Gogo, Los Angeles, 1964
https://www.julianwasser.com
http://www.artnet.com/artists/julian-wasser/
Brett WESTON
1911-1993
Son of Edward Weston (1886-1958), associated with images of the natural landscape,
esp. the American West; one of the most collected photographers by American museums.
Holland Canal, Netherlands, 1971
https://www.westongallery.com/original-works-by/brett-weston
Bob WILLOUGHBY
1927-2009
Remarkable photographer of Hollywood and jazz musicians who
Popular Photography said “virtually invented the photojournalistic motion picture still;”
Captured informal moments contrasts with stately images of Yousef KARSH.
Anne Bancroft & Dustin Hoffman on the Paramount set of The Graduate, 1967
Garry WINOGRAND
1928-1984
One of the great street photographers of the 1960s and 70s.
Complex, sometimes humorous and profound urban scenes.
Gentle focus on women.
New York World’s Fair, 1964
http://www.artnet.com/artists/garry-winogrand/
Ernest C. WITHERS
1922-2007
Born and died in Memphis, was a policeman and important black photojournalist of the era.
Produced well-known images of the segregated American South and civil rights movements.
N.T., n.d.
https://duckduckgo.com/?q=+photos+ernest+withers&t=h_&iar=images&iax=images&ia=images
Various Photography Events
1960
1961
Nine remarkable photographers cover different aspects of the filming of The Misfits in the Nevada desert.
1962
John Szarkowki replaces Edward Steichen as Director of Photography at MOMA.
1963
Bob Willoughby builds first remote radio-controlled camera for on-movie set still photography.
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1974
- Cornell CAPA founds the International Center of Photography in New York City
1975